The Portland daily press., 1887-06-11
MAINE HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
The Annual Spring Meeting Held
Yesterday In Portland.
Interesting Papers Read by Several
OF the Members.
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The Banquet to President Bradbury
at the Falmouth.
A Notable Gathering Of Representa-
tive Men of Maine.
Interesting Papers Read by Several
OF the Members.
The Banquet to President Bradbury
at the Falmouth.
A Notable Gathering Of Representa-
tive Men of Maine.

The spring meeting of the Maine Histori-
cal Society was held yesterday Iafternoon at
its roooms in the City Building. Among
those present we noticed the following gen.
tlemen: Hon. William Goold, Hon. Joseph
Williamson, Belfast; Edward johnson. Bel
fast; Edward r. Burnham, Roxbury; Hon.
James w. Bradbury, Prof. II. l.. Chapman,
Hon. j. w. Symonds, Hon. ]. A. Peters, H.
w. Bryant, Hon. C. f. LIBBY, Stephen Berry
John M. Adams, Hon. Hannibal Hamlin,
John T. Hull, Hon. G. F. Talbot, Hon. Mar
shall Cram, E. ii. Elwell Hon. S. F. Humph-
rey, Brown Thurston, Hon. George Walker,
Edward Gould, P. G. Manning, H. M. NAL
ing, Lewis Pierce, Rev. DIR. II. S. Burrage,
j. p. Baxter. VIM. 81. Smith. DIR. III. G. Lev
ensaler, and Hon. Lewis Barker.
President Bradbury called the meeting to
order about 8 p. m. and the members listened
to the following report of the librarian.
have to report the following accessions to
the library since the winter meeting:
The History of the church in burlington, N. j.
from the author, Rev. George NJ. Hills, D. b.
Vol. i, bound, .of the Weekly Slate of Monson,
Me-, from John T. Sprague, Esq.
The Early Records of Portsmouth, IN. H., pri-
Vately printed, fr0m FRANK w. Hackett, ESQ.
An account of the celebration of the l5Osh ami
xersary of the settlement of Gorham, Me-, l.om
Lewis Pierce, Esq.
The Industrial Statistics of Maine, from w. b.
Lapham.
Three reports of the Record Commissioner,
from the city of Boston.
Vol. of the the reprint of the acts and resolves
of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, 1869 to
1885, from the secretary of State of Massachusetts,
The Catholic church of America In Colonial
Days, by John Culinary Shea, from the Rt Rev. j.
A. Healy.
Eight volumes of State repol Is, f.om the Mich.
gan State library.
Seventeen volumes of documents of the 47th and
4sth Congress, from the secretary of the interior
Norton's statement of reasons, Bellows's chris
tianity and modern thought and the divinity Of
Christ Champion Lecture), from the Rev. Amasa
Vol. 10 of the Portland Transcript, bound, l,om
Messrs Elwell and Pickard.
Sixty miscellaneous pamphlets, from DR.. Samuel
A. Green.
Thirtysix numbers of the Unitarian Review,
from the Massachusetts Historical Society.
The Hantoon family genealogy, from Mrs. Hun
u Historical pamphlets from the Baptist year
books Millar's history of the Old Testament
Daily Advertiser, bound complete for the Year
1891, from Wakefield G. Frye, Esq, of Belfast.
BY purchase and exchange we have received:
The Groton Historical Series, Vol. l.. FL
The Rhode Island Genealogical dictionary.
History of the Magma Charta of England
History of Dunstable, Massachusetts.
Seven volumes Harleian society's registers.
Rosters True Relations, published by the
History Of the Dudley family, part 2.
The series of publication relating to the history
of Marietta college.
Sundry favors in books and pamphlets are
received also from:
J.W. Porter of Bangor.
j. w. De Peyster of New York.
Charles Levi Woodbury. of Boston. y .
Charles G. Jones, Jr., of Augusta, Maine. /
DR.. J. II. Ham Of Dover, N. III.
Professor G. III. Stone of Colorado.
NJ. N Rich of Portland.
Professor Winsor of Cambridge.
s. Il. Mayberry of Boston.
Stephen Berry of Portland.
Professor G. 4, Little of 81 answick.
Right Rev. ii. A. Neely OF Portland
Right Rev. w. s. Perry Of Davenport, Iowa.
u. s. Government.
The American Antiquarian society.
The Boston Public Library.
The Essex Institute, Harvard University.
The city of Portland and the several State his
torical societies.
have been received:
Six folio leaves taken from the account book of
Richard King of Scarboro, l775, from James b.
Thurston, Nj. ID.
Files OF papers with the original stock subsciip-
tion books of the organization of the Atlantic
and st. Lawrence railroad. Also miscellaneous
deeds and papers from the estate of John Mussey.
Given by VIM. z. Preble, Esq.
The scrap book of newspaper contributions,of
the late John A. Poor, given by !hs daughter,
Miss Lauia E. Poor Of New York.
taken from the painting In the Portland custom
house, given by Hon. NJ. +. King.
Grape shot from the wreck of the Confederate
Iron Clad Merrimac, given by DR.. G. p. Bradley
of the United States navy.
Two Indian iron hatchets or tomahawks, found
near Hogan pond, town of Poland. Maine, land
Panther pond in Raymond, Maine, given by
C. NJ. Sawyer, Esq, Of Mechanic Falls. These
facture and bear the makers rude devices. 1t is
curious to note that these hatchets are exactly of
the pattern of the Arickaree Indian toma-
hawks found in Dakata territory.
The first number of the Port Hudson Freeman
of the date July l5 1868, giving the news OF the
surrender of Vicksburg, given by Colonel Charles
c. G. Thornton of Boston.
Deeds and other manuscripts relating tto Saco
and Scarborough have been indexed by Charles I.
Libby, Esq, WHIP has also secured for the so.
ciety's use the original volume of the Proprietors'
Records of Scarborough.
Etched portraits of William Allen, Chief Justice
of Pennsylvania, j. A. Hondon sculptor, and
Judge James Iredell, all artists proofs, given by
the artist, Albert Rosenthal of Philadelphia:
These portraits have never before been iengrayed
and are beautiful examples of portrait engraving.
Fragments Of rock ballass taken from the British
Brig Margarctta, the first English vessel captured
by our country In the days OF King George the
third, from Frank E. Baker, Esq of Bangor, Me.
The act passed by the Legislature of 1887
for the perpetuity of the Society through
the permanence of its funds was then read
by the president, who loriginally drafted it
The requisite notice having been sent to all
tlC hiCihDCios buS aSs woo iCSohJ "SSSPeSN "
the Society.
FIRST TREATY OF THE UNITED STATES.
Hon. William Goold then read paper on
the first treaty of the United States. its e.
sotiation and howltne good news was brought
from France. The paper vividly described
the existing relations between the Colonies
and France at the time of the Revolution,
when ENJOYS had been sen. to negotiate a
treaty The difficulty of communication
with these agents, the sufferings of the con-
tinental army, the destruction of commerce,
and general dependency throughout the
country, all tended to depress its despairing
population. The defeat of Burgoyne at Sar-
atoga had powerful influence on the:French
King, the Treaty of Alliance was formed,
aud vessels, carrying the treaty and copies
| set sail for America. The subsequent voy-
| age and the arrival of the first frigate at
Portland were compared to the ride from
| Ghent to AK by Robert Browning. and Sc
| lection from this poem was read by Mr..
| Goold.
VISITS OF THE PRESIDENTS,
Hon. Joseph Williamson read paper on
| the visits of the Presidents of the United
States to Maine. Washington's visit to this